{"id":36,"date":"2017-08-10T15:27:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T19:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2025-06-10T10:19:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:19:35","slug":"root-canal-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/patients\/root-canal-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Root Canal Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h3>Experiencing dental pain or has your dentist told you that you need a root canal?<\/h3>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/patients\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Infected-tooth-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram of infected tooth\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" \/>Root canal treatment is an often straightforward procedure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/patients\/dental-symptoms\/tooth-pain\/\">relieve dental pain<\/a> and save your teeth. Patients typically need a root canal when there is inflammation or infection in the roots of a tooth. During <a href=\"http:\/\/aae.org\/patients\/root-canal-treatment\/what-is-a-root-canal\/root-canal-explained\/\">root canal treatment<\/a>, an endodontist who specializes in such treatment carefully removes the pulp inside the tooth, cleans, disinfects and shapes the root canals, and places a filling to seal the space.<\/p>\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/patients\/root-canal-treatment\/patient-resources\/multilingual-versions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View root canal treatment information in French, Japanese, Portuguese or Spanish.<\/a><\/p>\n\t<p><strong>To learn more about what happens during root canal treatment, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/patients\/root-canal-treatment\/root-canal-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Root Canal Explained<\/a> page that walks you step-by-step through the procedure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/patients\/root-canal-treatment\/root-canal-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Root Canal Explained<\/a><\/p>\n\t<h2>Recommended Patient Education Videos for Root Canal Treatment<\/h2>\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1060173793?h=872f507cdc&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\" title=\"Root Canal Treatment_ A Step by Step Guide\"><\/iframe>\n\t<h4>Root Canal Treatment Step By Step<\/h4>\n<p>Need a root canal? Don&#8217;t be anxious. This informative video will walk you step-by-step through the procedure and explain how endodontists, the root canal specialists, can save your teeth.<\/p>\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1060173828?h=e02211a166&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\" title=\"Root Canal Safety\"><\/iframe>\n\t<h4>Root Canal Safety<\/h4>\n<p>Concerned about the safety of root canal treatment? Watch this informative video to learn how endodontists perform millions of root canal treatments every year, safely, effectively and comfortably.<\/p>\n\t<p><strong>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/endodontists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"636d5f3cb6ec0e11f062f95e\">AAE Vimeo Channel<\/a> for more patient education videos to learn more about root canals and other endodontic procedures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/endodontists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"636d5f3cb6ec0e11f062f95e\">Visit the AAE Vimeo Channel<\/a><\/p>\n\t<p>FIND AN ENDODONTIST IN YOUR AREA<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/patients\/findmyendodontist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSearch\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experiencing dental pain or has your dentist told you that you need a root canal? 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